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Hi all, today we tackle funk guitar technique and rhythms. The number one thing in funk music is great rhythm. How do we get great rhythm to happen? If we keep our picking hand doing a steady down up movement, this helps keep our rhythm rock solid. But what will you practice to get good[…]

Guitar Is Easy – 7 Must See Tips Hello again everyone, today we are dealing with practice tips for beginners or intermediate guitarists. I remember being a kid practicing away and by sheer will, I would make myself able to play most of the stuff I wanted to learn, but over the years I have[…]

Play Guitar Like Slash – 10 Amazing Hacks! Hi everyone, I am back and this time we are going to look into the stylistic practices of the one, the only, Saul Hudson, better known as Slash to music fans. 🙂 Slash’s playing could be described as a mix of gutsy, loose, blues based[…]

Guitar Modes: Easy Theory, Chords & Licks For The Scale Challenged. So you wanna learn your modes? Well you came to the right place! In this lesson, we will go over some theory on how modes work, how to construct chords that will fit with the modes, and then we will tackle some licks that[…]

#1 Scale For Rock Guitar Lesson Hi there, this week we will be tackling the #1 scale for rock guitar solos. You have heard it everywhere, from Led Zeppelin’s music, right up to that of John Mayer and beyond. I am talking about the pentatonic scale which is ubiquitous with rock and roll guitar soloing[…]

11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen – Part 2 Hey everyone, welcome to part 2 of 11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen! In this video I will go through several more techniques to get you up to speed on how to play like Eddie. 6. Stretch Licks If you have[…]

11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen – Part 1 Hey everyone, sorry for the long break. I have been learning Sibelius (a music software program), and of course, teaching a lot and that took up a lot of time. In addition, I was busy learning a whole bunch of Van Halen stuff, which[…]

Slash’s ‘Breakdown’ Guitar Solo Lesson Welcome, today we tackle the ‘Breakdown’ guitar solo by Slash from Guns & Roses. Slash is a really interesting player, great feel and phrasing and he has some pretty decent chops too when he decides to tear it up. This solo is based primarily around the Dm blues scale with[…]

“5 Tricks To Make People Think You’re Amazing At Guitar” Intro Lesson Hello again! This week I have finally gotten around to transcribing and teaching the intro to my viral video, “5 Tricks To Make People Think You Are Amazing At Guitar,” for which I have been getting a ton of requests over the years.[…]

5 Warmups Every Guitarist Should Practice! Today you are going to learn some warmups that I have seen in guitar magazines or on guitar lesson videos over the years, and a couple that I actually designed for myself to tackle my own weaknesses. The first warmup I saw in a guitar magazine from years ago,[…]